Synonyms of assured

assured 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈshu̇rd 

1

as in confident

having or showing a mind free from doubt

a man who seemed very assured of the outcome of the election

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confident
• sure
• certain
• positive
• doubtless
• clear
• implicit
• sanguine
• cocksure
• self-assured
• resolute
• unhesitating
• decisive
• self-confident
• unwavering
• unfaltering
• unquestioning
• self-conceited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubtful
• uncertain
• unsure
• dubious
• hesitant
• indecisive
• unassuming
• wavering
• vacillating
• diffident

2

as in optimistic

having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities

an assured attorney, he dominates any courtroom proceeding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confident
• optimistic
• hopeful
• secure
• proud
• self-confident
• self-assured
• composed
• collected
• poised
• smug
• recollected
• unperturbed
• serene
• unshaken
• important
• self-asserting
• upbeat
• tranquil
• sanguine
• coolheaded
• complacent
• cool
• rosy
• self-possessed
• unshakable
• conceited
• egotistical
• unflappable
• imperturbable
• disciplined
• egoistical
• vain
• egotistic
• self-satisfied
• self-centered
• vainglorious
• pompous
• egoistic
• self-affected
• self-applauding
• self-pleased
• prideful
• self-complacent
• nerveless
• self-contented
• self-sufficient
• self-important
• self-conceited
• self-reliant
• overweening
• self-contained
• stuck-up
• unself-conscious
• self-composed
• self-collected
• self-promoting
• self-poised
• self-controlled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insecure
• timid
• diffident
• meek
• nervous
• humble
• modest
• unassertive
• unassuming
• unpretentious
• quiet
• reserved
• jittery
• self-distrustful
• jumpy
• self-doubting
• bashful
• shy
• demure
• mousy
• overmodest
• mousey
• self-reproving
• self-reproachful
• self-critical

3

as in proud

having too high an opinion of oneself

he's rather assured for a moviemaker with one hit movie to his name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proud
• smug
• confident
• arrogant
• important
• vain
• complacent
• egotistical
• conceited
• domineering
• egoistical
• selfish
• vainglorious
• bigheaded
• self-satisfied
• self-important
• egotistic
• biggety
• prideful
• egoistic
• consequential
• pompous
• swellheaded
• self-conceited
• stuck-up
• biggity
• bragging
• boastful
• overweening
• superior
• cocky
• bombastic
• swaggering
• self-assured
• bumptious
• cavalier
• supercilious
• presuming
• snobbish
• toploftical
• pontifical
• uppity
• assumptive
• blusterous
• braggy
• masterful
• self-opinionated
• snooty
• haughty
• uppish
• fastuous
• overconfident
• snobby
• high-and-mighty
• toplofty
• disdainful
• braggart
• blustery
• self-confident
• huffy
• pretentious
• hifalutin
• chesty
• self-assertive
• high-handed
• patronizing
• holier-than-thou
• lordly
• imperious
• presumptuous
• peremptory
• high-hat
• condescending
• lofty
• self-contented
• self-applauding
• self-centered
• self-asserting
• self-affected
• self-gratulatory
• self-congratulatory
• self-adulatory
• highfalutin
• self-engrossed
• self-dramatizing
• self-promoting
• self-glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• diffident
• timid
• egoless
• meek
• uncomplacent
• unassertive
• unassuming
• self-critical
• unpretentious
• down-to-earth
• self-distrustful
• bashful
• self-reproving
• sheepish
• retiring
• self-reproachful
• shrinking
• shy
• self-doubting
• introverted
• demure
• unarrogant
• mousy
• overmodest
• mousey

assured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of assure

1

as in reassured

to ease the grief or distress of

a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassured
• comforted
• soothed
• consoled
• cheered
• uplifted
• solaced
• sympathized
• relieved
• lifted
• alleviated
• allayed
• elevated
• empathized
• commiserated
• calmed
• buoyed (up)
• relaxed
• condoled
• assuaged
• quieted
• boosted
• tranquillized
• tranquilized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• troubled
• worried
• discouraged
• tortured
• tormented
• distressed
• upset
• intensified
• aggravated
• annoyed
• worsened
• disheartened
• irritated
• demoralized
• harassed
• fretted
• irked
• pestered

2

as in ensured

to make sure, certain, or safe

security measures that assured our safety

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ensured
• guaranteed
• secured
• insured
• promised
• guarantied
• cinched
• iced
• certified
• vouched
• attested
• witnessed
• warranted
• pledged
• swore

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undermined
• weakened
• enfeebled

Examples of assured in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In less assured hands, method dressing can get costumey. —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024

There’s an assured effort on Garner’s part to do more with the part, but a distance remains between the audience and Terry. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024

Still, compared with those slick fixer-upper shows on HGTV, that only makes success seem less assured. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024

In the hands of this remarkable cast and Washington's assured direction, Wilson's work finds its best conduit to the screen yet. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024